News Archives - Department of Psychological Sciences

Psychological sciences’ Wilson Brown examines connections between posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms and severe mental illnesses

February 12, 2026

Wilson Brown, PhD, assistant professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, and other researchers at Case Western Reserve University recently reported new findings in Psychiatry Research clarifying how posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) symptoms interconnect with severe mental illnesses (SMI), such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. The work, titled “Modeling the...

Case Western Reserve University named among world’s top universities by TIME

February 4, 2026

TIME magazine named Case Western Reserve among the world’s best universities, placing the institution 25th globally in its World’s Top Universities of 2026 ranking. The recognition ranks Case Western Reserve among a select group of institutions worldwide identified for long-term impact on students and society. Unlike rankings that emphasize admissions...

Why you should rethink homework and focus on creative time

December 11, 2025

MSN: Sandra Russ, Distinguished University Professor and the Louis D. Beaumont University Professor at the College of Arts and Sciences, said that kids learn far more from creative, imaginative play than from nightly worksheets. Read the full article here.

For ex-Haredi Jews, forgiveness may be a route to greater happiness, study finds

December 9, 2025

Religion News Service: Yehudis Keller, clinical psychology PhD student at the College of Arts and Sciences, said leaving ultra-Orthodoxy carries “high cost or high demand,” and the adjustment can be “really difficult in multiple ways.” Her study found that forgiveness—especially self-forgiveness—correlated with greater resilience, well-being and life satisfaction after...

Inside an audiology lab, where Lauren Calandruccio investigates multilingual hearing behavior in noisy environments

December 4, 2025

While working as a clinical audiologist, Lauren Calandruccio realized how many unknowns remain in the science of hearing. And she wanted to help find those answers. Inspired by the time she spent with her patients and the many unanswered questions, Calandruccio decided to go back to school and pursue...

Communication sciences PhD student, Cassandra Lopéz, is determined to develop hearing assessment materials for Spanish-speaking communities

December 4, 2025

Cassandra Lopéz, a second-year PhD student, is working to improve hearing assessment for Spanish-speaking communities and the clinicians who serve them. “Having experienced the challenges of limited bilingual resources both as a clinician and as a child of a monolingual Spanish speaker, I am deeply motivated to address this gap,”...

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